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Pseudo-polynomial potentials for Schrödinger operators
Consider the one dimensional Schrödinger hamiltonian $\mathcal{H}=-\frac{\hbar^2}{2} \frac{d^2}{dx^2} + V(x)$.
Suppose that $V:\mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^+$ is a continuous and confining ...
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An estimate for the solution of an elliptic PDE depending on a parameter
Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb R^n$ be a bounded domain with a sufficiently smooth boundary $\partial\Omega$.
We assume $\lambda_1\in\mathbb R$ is the principle eigenvalue of the operator
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-\Delta:\ H^...
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Li-Yau inequality $\frac{4\pi}{|D|} k<\lambda_{k}<\frac{4\pi}{|D|} k+c\sqrt{k}$ for large enough k
For proving another interesting question: Tauberian theorem $\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}e^{-\lambda_{k}t}c_{k} \xrightarrow{t\to 0} \sum_{k=1}^{\infty}c_{k} $
I need the following inequality for Dirichlet ...
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Error term in the Euclidean Weyl law
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^n$ be an open bounded set with smooth boundary. The Laplacian on $\Omega$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions has discrete spectrum $\lambda_1\le \lambda_2\le \ldots$ that ...
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discrete spectrum of Schrödinger operator
Let $u \in C^{\infty}_c(\mathbb{R})$ and consider the Schrödinger operator $$ L = - \frac{\partial^2}{\partial x^2} + u(x).$$ I am looking for bound state solutions to $L \psi = - \kappa^2 \psi$ as ...
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Locally symmetric spaces: spectrum of the Laplacian
Let $M = \Gamma\backslash X$ denote a locally symmetric space of non-compact type and $\Delta$ the Laplacian on $L^2(M)$.
It is known that the spectrum of $\Delta$ decomposes into finitely many
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Spectrum of perturbed differential operators
I am looking for a reference that could help me with the following two questions:
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ be a bounded domain with Lipschitz boundary. Consider a sequence of differential ...
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Perturbation theory for matrices
I encountered the following problem. Since this is somewhat not related to what I normally do, I wanted to know what the best estimates in this field are.
Let $A \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times n}$ be a ...
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Differentiability of eigenvalue and eigenvector on the non-simple case
Let $h:\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}^m, n>1$ be a twice continuously differentiable function and $J_h:\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}^{m\times n}$ be its jacobian matrix. Let us consider the functions $A(x):=...
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How are eigenvalues and eigenvectors affected by adding the all-ones matrix?
Given an $n \times n$ matrix $A$ and the $n\times n$ all-ones matrix $J = (1)_{ij}$, I'm interested in the relation between the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrices $A$ and $A+J$, or more ...
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estimate of smallest eigenvalue of Schrodinger operator
I am looking for references on estimate of first nonzero Dirichlet eigenvalue for Schrodinger operator $-\Delta + V$, if sharp bounds exist, that would be better, here for simplicity, we can assume ...
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Why $M_1 \subset M_2 \not \Rightarrow N_{M_1} (\lambda) \leq N_{M_2} (\lambda)$ for eigenvalue problem? (EDIT)
We know that for a direct problem with Dirichlet Boundary Condition (with Laplacian operator) that if two domains $M_1$ and $M_2$ are such that $M_1 \subset M_2$, then $\lambda(M_2) \leq \lambda(M_1)$,...
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Lower bound for smallest eigenvalue of symmetric doubly-stochastic Metropolis-Hasting transition matrix
For my master's thesis research, I stumbled upon a question concerning the Metropolis-Hasting transition matrix $W$.
Context $\quad$
Let me start with some context. I consider connected undirected ...
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Spectral radius's relation with row sum
Let $A$ be a non-negative $N \times N$ square matrix with $a_{i,i}=0, 1 \leq i \leq N$. Also, let $r_i$ be the $i$-th row sum of $A$.
I know that $\rho(A)$, the spectral radius of $A$, is bounded as ...
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Does $\|(I-A)^{-1}\|_{2} \leq 1/(1-\|A\|_{2})$ holds for matrices with spectral radius smaller then 1?
Given a symmetric positive semidefinite matrix matrix $A$, if its spectral radius $0<\rho(A)<1$, does the inequality $\|(I-A)^{-1}\|_{2} \leq 1/(1-\|A\|_{2})$ hold true?
$\|A\|_{2}$ denotes ...
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Largest element in inverse of a positive definite symmetric matrix [closed]
If I have an $n \times n$ positive definite symmetric matrix $A$, with eigenvalues $\lambda_{1}>\lambda_{2}\cdots>\lambda_{n}$, can I claim that the highest value which matrix $A^{-1}$ can have ...
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Can we claim that all the terms in a matrix are less than equal to 1 if spectral radius is less than 1?
I have a a full column rank matrix A, and using this I want to construct a matrix with spectral radius less than 1. I do that using,
H = $I-\alpha A^{T} A$ ($I$ is identity matrix), where the term $\...
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inverse of asymptotic Toeplitz matrix with band limited associated function
I am reviewing a controversial paper, and the main result, a revolution within my field, comes down to whether or not the following is true. I strongly believe it is not, but would need confirmation.
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Non-asympototic version of Gelfand's formula
Let $A$ be a $n\times n$ matrix. Let $\|A\|$ be the spectral norm of $A$, and $\rho(A)$ be the spectral radius. I am wondering whether the following statement is true.
There exists universal ...
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Is the sum of spectral projections a projection?
Let $T$ be a closed operator on a Hilbert space with discrete spectrum. Then for $\{\lambda_1,...\lambda_n\}\in\sigma(T)$ one can define the spectral projections
$$P_{\{\lambda_1,...\lambda_n\}}=\frac{...
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Largest eigenvalues distribution of tridiagonal symmetric random matrix
I would like to find the largest eigenvalue distribution of the following tridiagonal symmetric random matrix in an analytic way.
All the ${\lambda}_i$ are distributed the same way with chi-square (...
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Interpreting (Fiedler) spectral bisectioning
I would appreciate help on how to interpret the results of spectral bisectioning of a graph.
Given a $G=(V,E)$ with size $N$ represented by $Q$ its Laplacian matrix where the eigenvalues are ordered ...
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Proof of eigenvalue stability inequality via Courant-Fischer min-max theorem
T. Tao in his notes on eigenvalue inequalities uses Courant-Fischer min-max theorem to prove the eigenvalue stability inequality. Specifically, I am looking for proof of Eq. (13) where he states as ...
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Bounding the largest Singular value
D is a $n \times n$ diagonal matrix whose diagonal entries lies in $(0,1]$.
B is any $n \times n$ n.n.d. matrix.
What will be the sharpest upper bound on the largest eigenvalue of:
$(D+B)^{-1}D^2(...
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Characterisation of a matrix ordering property
Let $n$ be a positive integer; we consider all matrices mentioned henceforth to be $n$-by-$n$ matrices. Let $A$ and $B$ be matrices wherein all entries are nonnegative (such matrices will be called ...
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Eigenvalues of this matrix
I have a linear map that is defined by $$T:\text{lin}(1,...,x^m) \rightarrow \text{lin}(1,...,x^m) \text{ with}$$ $$x^k \mapsto 2w(k-m)x^{k+1}+(k^2-k-w^2)x^k-2kwx^{k-1}+(k-k^2)x^{k-2}$$
Let me give a ...
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Existence of a real eigenvalue
I have a matrix $M \in \mathbb{R}^{(n+1) \times (n+1)}$ that is tridiagonal.
In numerical computations I found out that I always find a real eigenvalue. My question is: Is there a theorem that ...
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Using Marchenko - Pastur type Theorems on Regression Analysis
Sometimes when doing regression analysis, we estimate our function $g(x) = E(Y |X =x )$ using an orthonormal series, and in particular we use an approximate series $g_{p_n}(x) = \sum_{k=1}^{p_n} \...
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Classes for which the Spectrum determines a Convex Shape
Given a planar domain $\Omega \subset \Bbb{R}^2$ bounded and open we can associate to it the spectrum of the Laplace operator with Dirichlet boundary condition. It is known that there are planar ...
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Separating the spectrum of a Hermitian matrix
Given Hermitian matrix $A$, I would like to perturbate it so that its eigenvalues become well-separated.
Specifically, let $A$ be some Hermitian matrix, and let $G$ be a Gaussian matrix, with each
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Lower bounds on matrix eigenvalues
Let $A$ be a real $n\times n$ matrix and let $\mu_1, \dots, \mu_n$ the (generalized, complex) eigenvalues of $A$. Assume that
$$ 0 < \alpha < \mathrm{Re}(\mu_1) < \dots < \mathrm{Re}(\mu_n)...
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Eigenvalues of directed Laplacian matrix $L$ and $DL$, where $D$ is a diagonal matrix with positive entries
I have a weighted Laplacian matrix $L$ of a strongly connected directed graph and a diagonal matrix $D$ with positive entries. Since the graph is directed, $L$ is non-symmetric real. Further, since ...
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